{"id":58,"date":"2005-11-16T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T03:58:16","slug":"millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/11\/16\/millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I loved this movie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/7188\/1488\/1600\/millions.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/7188\/1488\/320\/millions.jpg?w=1080\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> After the death of his mother, Damian is obsessed with saints and martyrs, and visits with them, asking each if they know his mum, Saint Maureen.<\/p>\n<p>Damian builds himself a castle\/rocket ship out of boxes down by the train tracks and a bag of money falls from the sky. Damian&#8217;s brother Anthony thinks they should invest the money in real estate and tries to get the brokers to take him seriously while Damian tries desperately to drum up some poor people to do good to.<\/p>\n<p>All of this takes place during the countdown to the change over to the Euro, which would render cash in pounds worthless.<\/p>\n<p>The photography was stunning and the music magical. The movie is best through the first 20 minutes, it loses some of it&#8217;s grace but deftly manages tension during the climax, and the ending is a flight of fancy fitting only to Damian. Alix Etel in the lead turns in a great performance, he has heartbreaker written all over him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. All rights reserved.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved this movie. After the death of his mother, Damian is obsessed with saints and martyrs, and visits with them, asking each if they know his mum, Saint Maureen. Damian builds himself a castle\/rocket ship out of boxes down by the train tracks and a bag of money falls from the sky. 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